Telephone support



Nov. 26, 1929. w. M. VALENTINE 1,737,209

TELEPHONE SUPPORT Filed Nov. 9. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheetl 1 INVENTORl Miam ld-afn.

alr ATTOR N EY Nov. 26, 1929. w. M. VALENTINE TELEPHONE SUPPORT lFiled Nov. 9 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR Miam/ym ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 26, 1929 STAT f sie s TELEPHONE SUPPORT Application led November 9, 1926. Serial No. 147,364. 4

The present invention relates to telephone supports and an object thereof is to provide a telephone support which will eectively hold and support a telephone receiving and trans mitting set while permitting the ready removal of set from the support. Another object of the invention is to provide a. telephone support which may be made from a single casting with suitable means for sustaining 19 the same from an upright supporting member, and suitable means for retaining the telephone set thereon. Still another object of the invention is to associate with the telephone support a pad holder provided with sufficient adjustments, so that it is permitted to meet the requirements of an individual user. A further object of the invention is to provide the pad holder at one end with a hand rest and at the opposite end with a pencil support constructed to facilitate the removal of the pencil therefrom.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: j

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a front view showing a base of the telephone set in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a side View with the base of a telephone set shown in dotted lines;

Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the pad holder;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary section on the line 6-6, Fig. 1.

1n the illustrated embodiment there is pro- 4o vided a base plate 1 preferably in the form of a casting having a lug 2 projected from the upper side thereof at the rear edgeof the plate and provided with an opening 3 through which a screw may pass, and a flange 4 projected from the underside of the plate at the rear edge and having laterally turned forwardly projecting portions 5. The flange 4 has openings 6 through which screws may be passed and the extensions 5 having open- 5o ings 7 through which hooks 8 may be passed to suspend telephone directories. The plate 1 has projected from its upper face projections 9 and 9a which are adapted to cooperate with the margin of the base of a telephone receiving and transmitting set to define the field or position of the base on the supporting plate 1.

Alsoassisting in the defining of said position are two posts 1() which have their upper ends each provided with guide grooves -11in which a slide 12 is movable, these slides being held in the guide grooves 11 by set screws 13 which operate within slots 14 ofthe slides to permit the latter to be projected different distances to overhang the'base of the telephone set. The projecting ends of these slides may be covered by rubberbands 15 to protect the base of the instrument. rlhese slides act as retainers and not as clamps, the forward projections 9LL being preferably `of less height than the rear projections and providing between their upper ends and the under sides of the retainers sufficient space to permit the base of the set to be readily passed therethrough so that the forward edge of the base may be engaged behind the lugs 9t and below the retainers, thus effectively holding the set to the support while at the same time per- Vmitting ready removal of the set from the support. Y

A slot 16 extends rearwardly from theforward edge of the plate 1 to a point-in rear of the base supportingl area defined bythe lugs 9, 9EL and 10, this slot being'fextended entirely across the area toward the rear of 16 as shown on dotted lines Fig. 4 so as tolie I. at the rear end of the latter beyond the lugs 9 and beyond the area on which the base of the instrument is supported. f The' slotreadily permits the instrument to be displaced v from the base 1 and, at the Sametime, positions the cord in rear of the lugs 9 so thatthe cord cannot be clamped between the base of the set and the rear end jof thegslot. Ribs 17 on the bottom of thesupport lnot only strengthens the support but Ythey act to provhand on the pad on the holder.

vide a wide bearing which will prevent wear on the cords of the telephone set.

In connection with the telephone support, there is provided a pad holding attachment which is so mounted on the telephone support that, while holdingthe receiver in the left hand one may make notes withthe right I `Suitable adjustable means may be provided whichper-V mits the pad to-beadapted to the different requirements ofthe users. In this embodiment of the invention, a socket member-118 is integral with the lug or projection 1() on the right hand sideof the base 1 in'which is received a post or upright 19. A set screw 20 passes through the socket member 18 and is employed for holding the post 19 yagainst turningv inthe socket member, although by yloosening the set screw20, the position of the post in the soeketr member as well as the posi- 4tionof the parts carried thereby may be shifted with reference to the plate 1. This 'post isi-pinned at 21 to a casting 22 which restsuponhthe socket member 18 at its lower end Whichisprovided'with a socket in which vtheiipper end' of the post 19 fits. This casting has a widened portion 23 formed with a Hat face 24.- Cooperating with this flat face 24 is 'a depending-portion 25 on a guide 26, the portion 25 also having a flat face. A pivoty screw 27 passes through the castings 25 and' 22 and permits the angle of the guide 26 `to be changed" with reference to the base plate 1. A` l'set screw 28V passes'through an arcuate isl'ot29 in the castingA 25 and into the casting 22 to holdfthet guide in its adjusted position Aabout thepivot'27. It 'will be seen that by tightening 'the pivot pin 27 and the set screw 28. r a firm and ,rigid connection is yprovided between the guide 26 and the casting 22.

lhefguide'26 projects laterally away from the *base plate 1 and supports the pad holding plate `30'vv`fhichfor this purpose is provided Uwitll'a VVguideway 31 onits'underside extending transversely thereof. The pad holding 'platecarries a bolt 32 centrally thereof which "operatesthroug'h a longitudinally extending vslotv33 7'formed in the guide 26, so that the pad 'holdinglplateBO may be adjusted longiv-tudinallylof the guideor laterally with reference toits longitudinal axis toward and from thevertical plane of theplate 1. This pad Aholding plate has an upper surface provided :with a transverse rib 37 in spaced relation to its forward end Vfor engagement by one edge ofvaffpad 38which Aby a movable bolt 39 is `secured tothe upper face ofthe pad supportingrplate. Beyond the rib 37, the pad supporting. plateis provided with lan extension 40 which acts as a rest for the hand while writing upon the pad. Above the pad 38, the

- pad holding plate is provided with a pencil support, comprising, inA this instance, two

curve'dprojections 41 on which vthe pencilfj Y. vmay rest, Vthese projections being spaced. apart his' formed from a single piece material provided with means to properly center the base of the set thereon and' also with means toi permit the set to be readily connected to a suitable upright support. There is associated with the centeringv lugs or means, a retaining means which preventsblows on theside of 'the set displacing the latter fromrthev support.

At the same time these overhanging retaining-means permit the set'tobe quickly removed fromthe support or to be 7quickly placed thereon. At one side of the basev plate is arranged avpa'd holder which is so sup- I ported that it may beladj-usted kto the individual requirements ofthe user while, at the same time, not interfering withthe Vuse of the receiving and ltransmitting set. This pad holder has an extension at one en'd serving as a rest for the hand and at its upper end it is serving as vvasupporty for .a pencil.

vVhat I claim'as myinvention and desire tov secure by Letters Patent is:

- 1. A telephone set comprisingfa supporting member for a telephone set havinga supporting surface, a slot open l'at its forward Yend and extending-through thev supporting member from the forward edg'eofthr-if latter rearwardly to a point in 'rear of thelportion Yof the member on which the base of the telephone set will rest, means projecting upwardly from the supporting member `atrthe forward portion ofthe latter to cooperate Iwith the forward edge ofthe base of 'a telephone set and means overhangingthesup- 'porting surface of the supporting member at opposite sides of the latterto cooperate with the'fupper surface ofV the-base of telephone 2. A telephone support comprising a sup-Y porting lmember having :a slot open at -its 'forward end and extending from the forward edge thereof rearwardly, projections extending upwardly from said supporting member onopposite sides of the slot to'cooperate with the rear edge lof the base of a telephone set i in order to limitthe movement of the latter rearwardly onsaid supporting member, said projections being situated in'` advance in the iear'end of lsaid lslot so that the base of the telephone set cannotbindthe cord kof the l telephone lset against the' rear end of ithe slot.

-provided with two spaced curved projections 3. A telephone support comprising a supporting member provided with la slot open at its forward end and extending rearwardly from the forward edge of the latter, projecting means located at the forward portion of said supporting member on opposite sides of said slot to prevent the base of the telephone set moving forwardly on the supporting member, projecting means extending upwardly from the supporting member to define the position for the rear edge of the base of the telephone set, said means being located on opposite sides of and in advance of the rear end of the slot, and means overhanging the area7 defined by said projecting means, from opposite sides of such area, said overlianging means havingtheir lower surfaces so situated with reference to the upper ends of the projecting means that the base of a telephone set may be passed between the overhanging means and the projecting means to remove said set from the supporting member or to place said set upon such supporting member.

t. A telephone support comprising a base plate having means at its rear edge for supporting the same, lugs projected upwardly Y from the pla-te to define the rearmost position for the base of the telephone set on said plate, the plate having a slot open at its forward end and extending rearwardly from its forward edge toward the rear of the plate in rear of the field of the base of the telephone set defined by the lugs. p

5. A telephone support comprising a base plate having means at its rear edge for supporting the same, lugs projected upwardly from the plate to provide a centered position for the base of the telephone set, the plate having a slot open at its forward end and extending rearwardly from its forward edge toward the rear of the plate in rear of the field of the base of the telephone set defined by the lugs, two of said lugs on opposite sides of the slot being provided with adjustable retaining devices for engagement above the base of the set.

6. A telephone support comprising a supporting member provided with a surface on which the base of a telephone set may rest, means projecting upwardly from the forward edge of the supporting member to cooperate with the base of the set, and overhanging means projecting inwardly from opposite sides of the member over the surface, the projecting means at the forward edge of the supporting member being less in height than the overhanging means and rigid with the supporting member so that the base of a telephone set may be passed over the projecting means at the forward edge of the i member and beneath said overhanging means.

WILLIAM M. VALENTINE. 

